Sunday, November 4, 2012

1862 November 5 farm near Savannah, Ohio

[from the diary of James Dinsmore Templeton, former musician and private in the 23rd Ohio]

Wednesday, Nov. 5, 1862

This morning went
over & fixed the fence a
little then helped the
boys plow & scrape the
pond also helped plow
up some Potatoes this
afternoon
Jo Crotty came along about
noon Herb remaining
in Ashland Jo staid
for dinner a little
under the influence
of liquor
Saw Lew Gray on his
way home.
Cloudy raining this
evening Cool

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The Special Collections Dept. of the University of Virginia Library holds over 25 Civil War diaries and thousands of letters of both Union and Confederate soldiers. Noted holdings include letters of Robert E. Lee, papers of "Gray Ghost" John S. Mosby and Confederate Generals Thomas L. Rosser, Elisha F. "Bull" Paxton, and Philip St. George Cocke, and William S. Hillyer of Ulysses Grant's staff.